I thought I read Apple invented USB-C then abandoned it for the lightning connector and made the USB-C IP freely available to everyone. Now you can see why. Y

I thought I read Apple invented USB-C then abandoned it for the lightning connector and made the USB-C IP freely available to everyone. Now you can see why. You didn't even mention the physical fragilities. The cables don't last, but the connectors on cheap laptops/electronics REALLY don't last. The thin pcb inside always cracks or shorts or gets covered with goo. Once it gets jiggly, something shorts and blows up the USB chips inside. They need a USB-D that is more Lightning-like.